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If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good."
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, alistening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, allof which have the potential to turn a life around.
You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.
Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing.
The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.
The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.
That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going on.
Sometimes you just have those days where everything goes wrong. But sometimes, and totally unexpectedly, something can go right.
I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.
The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.
It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.
My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.
Regrets are about decisions that you know you should have done different.
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.
If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.